Census Survey Revisions Mask Health Law Effects — WASHINGTON — The Census Bureau, the authoritative source of health insurance data for more than three decades, is changing its annual survey so thoroughly that it will be difficult to measure the effects of President Obama's health care law …

Don't freak out about the changes to the Census yet — The Census is overhauling the way it measures who has health insurance coverage. The new measures show more people with coverage than the old measures. The move, reported Tuesday by the New York Times, led to quick outcry …

Rand Paul for President — Because what the GOP needs is a humbling landslide defeat. — Republicans, let's get it over with. Fast forward to the finish line. Avoid the long and winding primary road. It can only weaken the nominee. And we know who he—yes, he—has to be.

Ukraine on the brink as troops take on rebels — Vladimir Putin denounces Kiev for mobilising forces against pro-Russian gunmen in east of country — Alec Luhn in Kramatorsk, Paul Lewis in Washington and Julian Borger — Ukrainian government forces launched their first significant military action …

Video shows large al Qaeda meeting in Yemen — Washington (CNN) — A new video shows what looks like the largest and most dangerous gathering of al Qaeda in years. And the CIA and the Pentagon either didn't know about it or couldn't get a drone there in time to strike.

Police Unit That Spied on Muslims Is Disbanded — The New York Police Department has abandoned a secretive program that dispatched plainclothes detectives into Muslim neighborhoods to eavesdrop on conversations and built detailed files on where people ate, prayed and shopped, the department said.

Read My Lips: More New Taxes! — A bigger April 15 bill would mean a better society — Happy Tax Day. Yes, I say that every year. Yes, I still mean it. Yes, I know that not many people feel the same way. — Nobody likes writing checks to the government. At best, it's something people tolerate.

As MLB honors Jackie Robinson, can it reverse a trend? — Just when we want to believe that times are changing, and prejudice is waning, along comes a ferocious reminder like a Manny Pacquiao punch to the jaw. — Sheer racism, exposed in vile letters directed to Hall of Fame great Hank Aaron …

They wouldn't print it if it wasn't true — Erwin Chemerinsky and Carrie Menkel-Meadow in the NYT on the “supposed” “crisis” “in” “legal” “education:” … As my second all-time favorite tennis player would put it: You cannot be serious. — I don't know what's more egregious here, the laziness or the intellectual dishonesty.

Mitt Romney Stars in Ad in Heated Idaho Primary — Mitt Romney is making his first foray into the 2014 campaign airwaves, appearing in a new U.S. Chamber of Commerce television spot touting Idaho Rep. Mike Simpson in an increasingly heated Republican primary.

Why You Should Be Sympathetic Toward Cliven Bundy — On Saturday, I wrote about the standoff at Bundy Ranch. That post drew a remarkable amount of traffic, even though, as I wrote then, I had not quite decided what to make of the story. Since then, I have continued to study the facts and have drawn some conclusions.

Landrieu Reenacts Committee Hearing for Campaign Ad — Democratic senator Mary Landrieu of Louisiana is in a tough reelection battle because of her support for Obamacare. So its not surprising her latest TV ad focuses on the one high-profile fight she's had with the Obama administration, over oil and gas exploration.

Republicans lead in Texas — PPP's newest Texas poll finds Republicans leading by double digits in all of the state's major races for 2014. — In the Governor's race Greg Abbott's at 51% to 37% for Wendy Davis. Those numbers are largely unchanged from our last poll of the state in early November when Abbott had a 50/35 advantage.

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